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Nauticam Sony A7R III Housing Mini Review

Nauticam releases an excellent housing to go with a revolutionary camera!

Nauticam is known for making consistently high quality and ergonomic housings. The Sony A7R III is making strides in full-frame mirrorless technology. Together this camera and the Nauticam Sony A7R III housing is the ultimate power couple of mirrorless underwater technology.

The Sony A7R III is the new forefront of full-frame mirrorless cameras. It boats a 42.4 megapixel sensor with an updated BIONZ X image processor. Combined, these features make for a versatile camera with excellent performance and great resolution.

Nauticam housings are made of aluminum and controls are always designed to be within a finger’s distance. This results in a sturdy but ergonomically sound design. As with other Nauticam DSLRs, this housing comes with a port locking lever for quick and easy lens changes. Two M16 and a single M14 bulkhead allow for the addition of accessories like a vacuum valve, electronic flash triggering bulkheads, or HDMI bulkheads. Of course, a Nauticam housing is never complete without its famous rubberized grips and this housing is no different! The Nauticam housing is not the least expensive housing on the market, if you are on a budget check out the excellent Ikelite A7r III housing.

Housing Specifications

•Depth rating: 100m

•Weight: 2.43 kg

•Dimensions: 348mm x 200mm x 118mm

Housing Accessories

Beyond an ergonomic design, Nauticam goes out of its way to increase usability of their housings with countless accessories. Here are a few we recommend...

•Nauticam Extended Viewfinders for Mirrorless Cameras - Choose between the 180° Viewfinder of 45° viewfinder for a magnified view of the cameras electronic viewfinder, both options include dioptric adjustment so you can perfectly match the view to your eyesight.

•Nauticam Lanyard with Snap Clips - perfect accessory to add to the housing so that it can be safely carried, or handed back on to the boat after your dive. Choose 23cm for the E-M1 Mark II Housing.

•Light & Motion, Kraken, or Fix Neo - Focus and Video Lights - these small and full featured lights work great underwater as either focus lights when shooting macro, or for video lights to help bring back the rich colors of your underwater scene.

•Stix Floats - if using Nauticam or ULCS arms with your strobes, these floats help counter the negative weight of the housing and create a neutral set up, much more comfortable underwater.

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ABOUT THE AUTHOR

Nirupam Nigam is a dedicated underwater photographer and fisheries scientist. While growing up in Los Angeles he fell in love with the ocean and pursued underwater photography in the local Channel Islands. He received degrees in Aquatic and Fisheries Science and General Biology, as well as a minor in Arctic Studies, at the University of Washington. Now he works as a fisheries observer on boats in the Bering Sea and North Pacific. When he is not at sea, he is traveling with his fiancee and taking photos.